Consider spousal involvement and promoting positive affect in postpartum women versus only preventing negative affect in clinical settings. Have training programs for fathers.

Recommendations Based on Cross-sectional Study Done on Urban Chinese Postpartum Women

Positive affect had a positive correlation with household income, spousal support, and maternal role adaptation. 

Correlations with Positive Affect in Urban Chinese Postpartum Women

Negative affect was negatively associated with postpartum women’s age, household income, and educational level. Mothers who had their first birth reported higher negative affect. Spousal support was not correlated with postpartum women’s negative affect.

Correlations with Negative Affect in Urban Chinese Postpartum Women

High negative affect characterizes depression and anxiety.
Low positive affect is specific to depression.
Positive and negative affect not significantly associated. 

New Mexico Highlands University

Participants were women greater than 18 years with a spouse and no cognitive dysfunction, who had a full term  pregnancy (gestation greater than 37 weeks) within the past year and had a healthy baby. Measured affective scores and spousal support. 

Cross-sectional Study done in Urban Chinese Postpartum Women

He, S., Yang, F., Zhang, H., & Zhang, S. (2022). Affective well-being of chinese urban postpartum women: Predictive effect of spousal support and maternal role adaptation. Archives of Women’s Mental Health. https://doi-org.proxy.wichita.edu/10.1007/s00737-022-01240-w

Affective well-being of Chinese urban postpartum women: predictive effect of spousal support and maternal role adaptation

Correlations with Affect in Urban Chinese Postpartum Women

Spousal support influenced positive affect of Chinese urban postpartum women changing their maternal role adaption. ¾ thought their partners were supportive.

Spousal Support and Urban Chinese Postpartum Women

2,000 USD monthly household income for 49.9%, which is the average income in Shanghai.
Average age was 29.09 years.
66.1% had a college degree.
74.5% had support from parents and or in-laws in childcare.

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